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Every 250 miles (400 lUll) or weekly -whichever comes first
Check the engine 011 level and lOp up " OCCCSSJry (Chapler 1) Check and adlus t lhe IYIC pressures (Chilplcr 10) Clean the windscreen and windows C lean the hcadlamps
Every 6000 miles (10000 km) o r six Illonlhs - whichever comes fir s t
£II[1ille (Clwpter 1) Change engllle 011 and IIher
Cleiln oil flilm c"p Chcck 10 1 ,IllY fluid leaka!)e ,n enUme CO'llp:lnUlCIl1
Cooling syslem (Clwptet 2) Check cool:'lnt level
Fuel syslem (Clmpler 3) Check idh"U mi~lUle (cmiJUiello1 IllUdels onlv) al I"SI se.v,ce ollIe, overhaul C heck idllllg sj)ee d
Ignition sys/Cm (C/I,Wler 4) Clean ,1nd re!)"p Sl)".k plu!)s (.:on!nC ' breilkCl Illudels olllv) Cle an and check d'Shibu\o. C"I). '010'. HT lealls mId co.1 (COllWct
bleaker modcls only) Check elwell angle (cOntact b.e"ke. mo
Bri/king sys/Cm (Ch,1pter 9) Check selva
Che ck hydraulic flu id h,vel
Ch(: ck p"ds :'Illd sho(:s lor wear Check h.ake hllcs and hoses
Suspension .wel stvi'ring (Chi/pICr 10) Check tyres 10' w ear and dam:lge Check steering COmp{lIlCnlS l o r w e:l l "lid d.1nlilue
Bodywork. .111d fittings (Clwptef 11) C lu .. >ek se"t belts fa. we .... damage :lnd secwity
Elvc(ric.11 systcm (Ch,7jJ(ef 12 ) Check Ope.iltoon 01 "Uhts Check wilsher flUId levels Check b.1ltery eleclrolvle lev el
Every 12000 miles (20000 kill) or 12 mOll1hs - whichever comes first
III .1(/(lIlioll 10 Ihe 6000 m/le sciler/Ille
Engine (Ch.1f)ter 1) Check and adlUSI valve clearanc es
r"' .......... ~.~-.... ._ •• -.... __ .... . 3lii1&l •
Cooling system (Chapter 2) Check condition "net tension of 1111011)<1101 dflvehelt
Fllel sys tem (Chapter 3) Tighlcn inlel IIHlnl lold boits/nuts Check vacuum hoses Check e~hiluSI syst em Check ll1r ctonne. temperature cOllllol (,I applicable) Renew fuclllllC ' (fuel injec tion models only)
Ignilion system (Chapler 4) lubricate th e dis'flbulOf (conUlel br eake r models only) Renew the coninCt hu,akcr points (II nppllcJblc) Renew the spMk plugs
Transmission (Chapter 6) Check ool/th"d level Lulmc;ue automatIC 1.,'Insmlss,on IInk:'lue
Rcar axle (C/MplCt 8) Check 011 level
Bli/king system (Chaplet 9) Check v,lcuun' hose
llliJllc:'l1C Ihe handhlake Imk,loe
Suspensioll {//j(J swelill!J (C".1plt~( 10) Check condItIon and hlllSlon o f POWI.II ~I!'tllllli dllvthtl1 (II .1l1pllcal,
Check MlspenSlon 101 we;" ;111(1 d;1Il1.1!)e
Bodywork ,1I)d fillings (Clwpler 11) Check opera lion of all locks Check secu.ity 01 dOOf check sl.aps
LlIl)fIcalC locks. door c heck S\','P5 :'Ind fuel fdler cap flap
Check underbody pr olCctive coalm!)
Electrical system (Chapter 12) Check Opcra1l0n of all eleC111!:al IIcm5
Evcry 2<1 000 llIiles (40000 kill) or 2 yc;u s -\Nhichever comes firsl
III ,1(/111/'011 10 the 12000 111"'1 $d'~'f/u/e
[nyino (CIWpICf 1) f!ell'!W crankC:l $e e""5510l1 v;llve
Cooling syslofll (Clwptor 2) Renew COO!:1II1
Fllel SYS(CIII (Ch, '/pliJr 3) Renew"" II Ih!r elemenl
TrallsmissiOIl (ClwjJWr 6) AdjUSI aulom;1\IC trall5nll5SIOll h,ake b;'IIld
Every 36000 miles (60000 kill) o r 3 yenrs - whichever comes first
III .1(/{/I('01l 10 Illc JJIl'VlOUS schc(/ulcs (",lIc" JJJIJ"ci,bfc)
Brakillg system (Clwpter 9) Renew hyd,auhc flUId
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----------------~--~----------------= anuill transmiSsIOn models, remove foul clops
Ir~nsler it to a WOrk lJench
4 $ Engine disill1lotling -generill
Refer \0 Sec t,on 7
46 Engine illlcillilrics -removi\1
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1,',lh the engine sep,l rated from th" t r;IIl~:nHS~r()" remove Ihe ~.tcrnally mounted componelliS ;l~ lulluw~
C;J//)Ulello, i.lnd fllcl {lump (C"'1!,lt" 3) IlIlel ,wll exhiwsl tII,wi/a/ris (Chaf!/t't 3) Sp,>r/( plugs and drS/fllmlor (Chaplet 4) AllCllwlor (Chaplet /2) F.w ,7I!d policy (CII,71I1C' 2) W.JICf pump ,wd Ihcffllos/.1I (Clmp/t't 2) C, ,1IIkc,lSC vcn/iliilion lubc 011 {,f/CI (Scc/ion 40) Ol/Icvl!! r/rpsllc/o; and {,/lCf C,?!, [II!1int' 1II01tn/ill.ll h,.1r:kvls Ciulell (Ch,7/I/l'l 5) Powl'r S/Cl'l/IIN 1'(11111' (Ch;lll/Vf 10J
<11 Cylind(Jr heads relllowti with engine in car
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Q,scunnecllhe IJiltlery le,lds ") ~cmove the splilsh slucld. by renuJVIII
,onneCI the vac\JUnl h"e I
MId I I If . CiI( 10 lie dlSl1i Julor Reillove aile h Xlng bolt 11 0
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'Sconllect Ihe all II 51 halts' , ' ernillOr Cil) es. ilcken the ailelllntor 1110ul1l11lg un(
Fi~,. 1 .10 Turn the rocker (HillS to olle side 10 relllove the pushrods (Sec 47)
15 n,,,,,ove Iwelve lIolts ilnd delilch Ihe exh,lusl I1\,lrlllolds frOI" Ihe cylrrlrtr:f he,lds. 16 Sinckell the cyhmter hend boilS progressively in the revtnSe order to Ih"l shown ill FIll 1.19. IlcrllOVC Ihe bolts nlld hit olt Ihe cylindOf head.
It lile (.Iilsket has stuck and the cylrnder heJd cannot lJe lifted off. wp the cylinder heild wllh n hide·f.1cert. or plnstic·headed hJmmer. 00 nOI try to pri se IlIelil off wllh a screwdrivOf Of rtilillage WIll result.
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Cylinder he,l(ls -rernovfli wilh engine O\lt o f car
Follow Ihe sequence (.I,,·elllll SectIon '17. 51;lItll1g.l1 PillillJl1lph 10. dl$lcoa,d,n!1 leil.!lellCeS to pa'is willch hJve alreildy bcen rcmuved
49 Villve$ _. removal
Rt:rllove the d('POSIlS /'0111 tire corllb\lsl,on chambers ~nd vnlve
h eads by ScrilPIl1!l and W" ~ b'\Ishlll(.l Tilke CJre nOI 10 scratCh the cyllnde, he~d gaskel lilces 2 Lay the CylOl(ier hemt on ,IS sllll) .llld h t the lo,~ed cnd of .1 VJlve spllng compressor ove, the ~plln9 rctiluler ""d ti le head uf the complessor screw in Ihe cenl'e of Ihe v"lve head 3 Compress Ihe sprrng abolll " qUJller 01 an Ulc h 10 Iree Ihl} split colle l hom the top 0 1 the v,llve stelll. If Ihe sPltng ,eliHner "nd collel Slicks. do not screw the co",p,essor down lurlhc< . bec"use IIIIs lII.ly dJr11J\je the valve Slem. bUI lJp the sprong reliluler sha,ply wllh a Ioghl
hammer. 'I When the Iwo halves of Ihe collet h')ve been '(:nloved. onscrew the spllng compressor umrl Ihe spring IS no longe, compressed nnd
remove Ihe compreSSOr . 5 f1Olllove the spltng retnlner. the spflng and the oil seal from Ihe villve Slem. Ihen wrlhdrflw Ihe villve from I he cylinder head. 6 D iscard the valve Slem all senls and plflce Ihe Olher componenls to\jellrCt. identilying them so Ihal they arc refItted III the correC I plnce
III Ihe cylinder head. 7 Remove Ihe sp,11k plugs from Ihe cyhnder hend. II nOI alrendy
removed.
50 Rocker arms -removal
1 Remove the SIIfI nul from Ihe foch" .1'111 Illoullt,n\) stud 2 Lift off the rocker
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Manual gearbox and automatic transmission
Contonts
oIrt 1: Mamml gCMhox
It d'''unosis - m,Ulllal ijc(l.box .!l)()x -'emav,1I ;lIld ,efluing . Gc;ubo. (II-speed) -d'smamlln{J GC:UhOK (II -speed) -cxarninallon and renovatIon GCiui)o x (
Plut 1." Manual gearbox
Type ...
R ntios
Four·speed gcarbOI( : 151. ')n(! jrd 4th .... __ ........ .
Reyerse ....... _ ....... . 17
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16 11
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Mil"'shah (4·spccd) Millnsh;'!!! (5,sJ>Ci.Idl nOut,nc Ill"mlcn;",ec
d,smamhng and reassembly _ Ihsm
OownsllIll cillJle removal. reflUing ilnd adlusunelll F.~ttlns,on hous"lg all seill -lenewal
Fault dlilgnOSIS ilutomilllC transmIssion ................................... . General dCSCflPilon ............... . Rouline milinlen;lflCC SeleC10l mechilmsm -MiluslfllCnt ................ . Selector mechilmsm removal. ovcrhaul ond refitling ................. . Stillier Inhllmor/revcrse lamr> switch _ removal and refitting
Four Or "'Ie forw,ud speeds (all synchromesh) and reyerSe
3.16 : 1.94 :
1.41
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20 23 25 26 18
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3 Unscr(lw .1ml remove Ihe reversrnu IrUtli SWilch (rhOIO). 4 UnbO lt the clulch bellhousrrl\J f,om the /,onl of the ge~rbox. Removo Iho gaske t 5 Unscrew tllo bolts .111<1 w,thdr
7 Inve,1 the UflilrllO x
I I Select revct~e !Ica,
12 Unholl and removc Iho extension housing Irom the ,ea, of Ihe
!)en,box . t1 nece5snrv lilP tho housing wrth a soft·/aced mallet to releilse ,I t,om 1he dowels. Removo tho gnske ! {photo}.
13 P"se Ihe cove, from th e ex 1ension housing Dnd withcfrnw the speedome1e, d"vc\Jenr (photo). 14 Selec i neut,
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11 1 1 B Ilemovong scle<:tor shaft connector
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18 EXlra ct the r."dp and pull the 5th gcar synchronise r ur1lt f'orn the
rnn in c,lsm\1. Icavlllg I t loose on thtl mninshaft (photos). 19 S II(le 51h IlcM from the synchroniser unit huh {photo) 20 S elect 3rd gem and either 1st or 2nd gear by pushin\) the re~peclivc synchronsrcr sleeves this will lock the mainshllft
24 US"'(I;' ~oft·f;,r.ed Ill;-rllm. wp the intermedrate hOtJS"'~1 (,,!e of tl,,; ",<1111 c
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layshilft rearwards to <11101'11 the \ .wm d,,~tn' t o he lowered 10 the hottoot 01 tlHl cas,,'U .
2G Ease tlte input Shaft f'om the frOllt 01 tlHl c;-rSlng, if oecess
29 Wllhdr,lW th e I,lyshalt ,11lel 0"_" eh";t,,, I,om Ihe 111<1111 C;-rSlIlg (phOlO)
30 In:;'''I; ' sUlwble bOl t (M8 x GO) Illto Ih" ,,,v',,:;c !Je,1( ,die, shnft. alld
11 18A Exlrar.t,nn 5th geM synchro ci,clip 11.18B 5th u em syl,(IHU hul) 11 18C 51h ~Je;-rr synclH O
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11. 1~) 2nd (Ie", [Inti thrust w,1shcf h.1l1. showioO t .. llloctltinu hole
(",,()w~d)
20 Slide 3ul \jC,lf 01110 the f,aiH 01 the mninsh
13 Input sh(lf( (S·speed) -dismantling Dnd reassembly
!'ld!;! to Section 6
11 GCil,ho)l ([i·spced) -C)lamin,lIion [In(1 rcnov[ltioll
Ref or 10501:[ '0 118 hut now the lollowlng pOllltS :
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111<:,,) ,1fI! five sYllcll,v rillYs (h) /IlL' I"yshlft lI[1s 110 IIIlIIsl w,lsllt"s (e) (lielL',1ro IWO ball-/)cmiIJYs ,lrId olle ,01lcI hCMiny (d) Wile" ,cnewi"y Ihc IIL'cr/lL' ,01lcI /)(1,1/ill[lS ill I!lc I,Jyslml/, (ISO wllels 25 75 111111 (1 OTt! ill) fony. IIlhc Oligin,ll ,ollers W{!lC 33 111/11 (T 299 ill) lony, two exll,l space's will be requi,ed
(Fiy 623)
15 Gcarbox (5'SI}Cc(l) -rC
Fit the \juidc to the leve r 3 Posit ion the reverse idler \Je~r in the m~in cDsill\j with the Ion,) shoulder facing the reill and en{lllued with thc ,eiDy Icver. Slide ill thc Idler shalt lInci t
)me from t he SMne l"JilCk It more than one pDck is purchased, do not ,ni x lho needlc rol lers from sepilrate p~cks. 5 Insert the layshJlI in the gear cluster unlil the front of Ihe shah is flush With the frunt \Ie~r on lhe cluster.
1221 3 r(I/41h syl1chro unit
Fig 6.23 Layshaft necdle roll.)/ he
G Loc,.tc the lilyshah iln!! gCilr ell/stP' III tho hOllom of the .11il;n
caslnu_ 7 Pos.1I0n ,. n(.'w \Jaskot on the Ill;nll (;;05"'11. Ihen hi the mllinshah ilnt! inlCrll1ed"l\C houslIlg. and IClllpor;I"ly secu.e w,th twO bolts. 8 Fit the mll"t Shilh needte roller heilrrn\J to the end 01 lhe mainshJlt
or In the centle 01 lho input Shilh (photo).
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17 Fllult dingllosis -IlH IIlU
Weak or in effec tive synch romesh
Jumps out of gem
Excessive noise
Exces~ivo difficliity III enonU ing (]0,11
P ART 2: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISS IO N
18 Gen eral description
Thc aulOma llC l,an~nHss'on ,;rkl:~ lhe JlI"Ct~ uf the clutch and Hcmhox. wh,ch ,"c. of cow se . mounte(1 heh,nd lhe enu;ne . The unil has a 1"'{lO nluminl"'" content which helps to .elluc" liS
overall weinhl and 11 IS o f compact dimenSions. All 0,1 coole. 's filled ,IS
Reilson (s )
Sy nchronising cones worn, spilt Of dmnaU ed O~ulk rin g sy nch romes h dogs worn, or dmnagcr!
Broken gcarc h,lnUC fOfk rod spring Selector fo rk rod !IIOOye h.ldly worn
Inen!!cc! 9(,1(10 of oil in gc,llhox 0' 0,1 level 100 low Bu sh or ncc(tie roller hC
l;'lync:u 1hru st W;'\ShCfS w or n ililowing excessive cndplilV (folll,spC
Sliln da.d .. nd ensules cooler OI)(lI.lI1Qn of the \.,lnSUlISSlon lind!)! l.a>l." lowinU ;lnd sunlla. conrll1i0l15 . A VaClIl,Hll conncctlon 10 lhe IIII~I manifold p,ovldes smoO lh cr anrl morc conSI$1r.1l1 clownstlll,S IIndc. load than IS the case Wilh IIn,lS nOl !IlcOlI)Or.11U1IJ lh,s f,,(:Illly The sysle m cotlllJltses lWO tIl.lin com(lonenrs.
(.1) A /"ree e/c'mcnl "v,/lokinc/ic IOUIIIII I:Ollvcrler cOII/,lmy 1:;'I'.1h1(.' o f /orqu c 1II1I!lIplicii /iorr ;, 1 .1/1 irr"mldv Villl;,hle r.1/1O (h) A /unluC/Sln'cd respOlIsiv~ .md IWdwlllrI:illlv IIIIL'f.1lCr! cp'· qL"fie f/c.1rbox COIIII}liSIilf/ pl.wel.l/V m:.lISII/S /IIovidmy tlllf:C forw.l/d 1.1/ios "llff OIlC Icvcrsc ril/'O
Fig . 6.24 C utllw ay view of th e a utomatic transmission (Sec 18)
1 GovelllUi ,'ssemblv 6 rop/leve/sc clu/e h 10 FlOn/ SCIVO 2 GOVlIIJI OI IIlIb 7 FIOIII blilkc bil/Jd /I Valve botlV 3 Olle ·w/lV cfalclt 8 rorquc convenor 1 2 V/lcuum diaplu/lym 4 IlCill bfiJ~C baml 9 Hvdraufic pump 1 J Re/ll servo 6 Forwlllfl cia/eli
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When towing a vehic le wIth automl11ic uansmission it is impoltllllt to observe the precautIons gIven til ,he 'Jading and Towing' se<:,ion at the Iront 01 the manual. Due to the complexity of the au'oma',c tran smission unit. If performance IS not up 10 s tandard, or overhaul is necessary, it IS impera tive that this be left to the locallllain agents who will have the special equipment for fault diagnosis and rectiflcallon. The content of the following sections is thereforc confined to supplying gener", Informl11ion 1'Ind any service information and ins t.uc tion tha i cnn be used by the owner.
19 Routine Illilinte,wno
At the i!lle.vnls SI)CClfiecllll Iho ROllllne Milintennnce seCIlOll in the I.onl 01 th e Illanllal cnllY Oul Ihe follOWIng p'ocp.dwe
Luuricow selector link'1[}() , Applv the h;rrldh.,lke th(:n J,lck \lp the front of Ihc Cill ,'lid Support
,n nxle Slnnds
2 Orlthe Irnkn!JCs at cndl end 01 Ihe genrsh ,h rml on the Icfl·hnnd "le 01 Ihe Iransnll~s,on lowel the cnr \0 Iho wound,
Check /mn.Wllissioll fluid level 4 Elrlll!! the engIne and trnnsnllSSlon to nOllllal ope.IlIUl!IIp.llIperillllfe
and I)alk tho vehlchl on le vel grOllnd 5 Wi,h Ihe engIne idllll(l. move tht: 1.,lnsnllSj"on St:leclt>r lev!]r through ill! pOSlllons 1!lIee lImes. Ihen onuaue '1" ,11111 wall for ;rt lea~t one minute. 6 With ,he engine 51111 idling, wllhd.ilW Ihe lr.1nSnllSSIOll d,psllck.
Wipe it dean, reinsert II, wilhd •• 1W 11 for Ihe second !line nnd read off the levol. 7 Two tv pes 01 automatic transnllssion fluid a.e nvarlilblc (sec SpccifiCiltions 10' tv,>c numbe.s) .1nd It is ImpO,I,ln , Ihilt IheV 'lIe nOI mixed. The colour 01 the dipstick. 10' flUId level checklllg denotes which fluid tvpe to use , 8 If a tlr1nsnllssion requlII"U 1,1ter tvpe fluid IS I'lled 10 " to'
adjus'or screw n lew h,fIlS . 13 Tlghlolllhe adJuslo, sOcw to 14 Nm (10 Ihl II) IISIilU a SUItable lo,que wrcnch From Ih,s poSlllon slaCken the adJusle r screw bv exact Iv I'll \Urns (pre·1983 models) or 2 Iwns ( 1983 and late,
model), Ihen tighten Ihe locknut Wllhoul diSlUrblllg Ihe pOsition of Ihe adjuster sc,ow .
14 R econnec t the downshift cable and lowe' Ihe car 10 Ihe ground.
20 Automalic transmission -removal (HId refining
If l)Osslble, ,aise the car on a hOlsl o. place it over an inspectIon pit. Alternatively, it WIll ho necessary 10 Jack up Ihe car to obtain the Illaximum possible amount of wOlking room undernealh. 2 Place a large d.ain pan benealh the transmiss.on sump (011 pan)
Ihen. working horll the ,car, loosen the a!laching boilS and allow ,he lIuld to drain. nemove all thO bohs excep t tho two I.onl ones to draIn as mIlch fluid as pOSSIble, th on temporarilV .efit Iwo bolls at th e re,1I 10 hold it in place . 3 Remove tho Slilrte. moto. as desc.ibed in Chapter 12 . • jWhero apphcable, rernove the access cover Dnd ad3pto, plale bolts,
Ie the engine untrl the to.qu e converter drain plug is visible, then
unsc.ew Iho plug and d.ain Iho Ihud Into a suit3ble con winer. Refl! and l'Uh ten Iho plug.
Fig. 6 .25 Checkill{J tho au tomatic transmission lIuid lovel (Soc 19)
Fig. 6.2 6 FrQ,1 bn'ko band adjustment (Sec 19)
A Arllf/SICI sc/t'w a Locknut
C Downslu/t Icvel D Downs/u/t c.lblc
Fig. 6.27 Torquo convorter to driveplato boll -arrowod (Sec 20)
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